Duckworth Museum Opens The Aidron Duckworth Museum in Meriden opens April 30 with “Color — A Theory in Action.” The exhibit will feature work by Duckworth and by guest artist Lucy Mink-Covello, of Contoocook, N.H. Above is an untitled work by the late Aidron Duckworth. The exhibit will be up through June 5 at the museum, which is starting its 14th season, now under the direction of Mila Pinigin of Quechee.
Duckworth Museum Opens The Aidron Duckworth Museum in Meriden opens April 30 with “Color — A Theory in Action.” The exhibit will feature work by Duckworth and by guest artist Lucy Mink-Covello, of Contoocook, N.H. Above is an untitled work by the late Aidron Duckworth. The exhibit will be up through June 5 at the museum, which is starting its 14th season, now under the direction of Mila Pinigin of Quechee.

Now that its annual silent auction is over, the AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon returns to a regular exhibition schedule this weekend with a show by four area artists. There is an opening reception Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring a musical performance by saxophonist Fred Haas and guitarist Billy Rosen.

Torin Porter, of Glover, Vt., will show small steel sculptures in an exhibition titled “Forms of Life.” A Dartmouth graduate, Porter has created sculpture-based events for the band Phish, and toured with the dance troupe MOMIX. He will give a gallery talk on Saturday, May 7 at 4 p.m.

Enfield artist Patty Castellini, who is also a member of the AVA arts faculty, will show recent monotypes. She will give a gallery talk on May 12 at 6 p.m.

Roger Goldenberg, of Lebanon, will be exhibiting monotypes and oils in a show titled “Visual Jazz.” He will give a gallery talk next Thursday at 6 p.m.

Finally, Jane Davies, of Rupert, Vt., will be showing recent abstract paintings and prints.

The AVA exhibition runs through June 1.

Art Walks: SoRo Artwalks kicks off this Friday with a tour of art exhibitions in South Royalton from 5 to 7 p.m. Participating venues are: RB’s delicatessen, South Royalton Market, Tatunka Tattoo, The Commons@BALE, and the Royalton Memorial Library. (The library closes at 6 p.m.)

The dates for the remaining Art Walks are Friday, May 20; Saturday, June 18 from 4-6 p.m.; Friday, July 22; Friday, Aug. 26; Friday, Sept. 23; and Friday, Oct. 28. With the exception of June 18, all walks take place between 5 and 7 p.m.

For more information contact Chris Wood at BALE (Building A Local Economy) by calling 802-498-8438 or email balevt@gmail.com.

Arabella, Windsor. The gallery exhibits works by local artists and artisans in a variety of media including jewelry, oils, acrylics, photography, watercolors, pastels and textiles.

ArtisTree Gallery, South Pomfret. A show inspired by mud season goes through April 30.

Claremont Opera House. Paintings by David Nelson, a Dublin, N.H., artist, are on view in the exhibition “Art is Visual Philosophy,” in the John D. Bennet Atrium Gallery. The show runs through April 30.

Converse Free Library, Lyme. The collages of Barbara Newton can be seen through June 30.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon. A show of watercolors by Marlene Kramer, digital art by Eric Hasse, photographs by John Rush, oil paintings by Emily Ridgway, and pastels, acrylics and oils by Gail Barton, is on view through June.

Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover. The work of Eric Van Hove is on view in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery through May 1. Dartmouth College professor of studio art Louise Hamlin has a show of “Garlic Scapes: Drawings and Prints” in the Strauss Gallery.

Howe Library, Hanover. “Route 66 in Oklahoma — What Once Was As it is Now,” a show of photographs by Rich Perry, ends April 27.

Kilton Public Library, West Lebanon. An exhibition of artwork by West Lebanon students runs through May 31.

Library Arts Center, Newport. “Selections: Winners from the 2015 Juried Regional Exhibit” runs through Friday.

Long River Gallery and Gifts, Lyme. The Japanese-inspired works of Kathleen Swift are on view through May 2.

Main Street Museum of Art, White River Junction. “Odalesque and Other Recent Paintings,” by Daisy Rockwell, are on view.

Norwich Public Library. An exhibition of nature photographs by Mary Gerakeris runs through April 29.

Royalton Memorial Library, South Royalton. The exhibition “Louis Sheldon Newton: Architect Extraordinaire of Vermont” is on view through June 4.

Scavenger Gallery, White River Junction. Works by Stacy Hopkins, Toby Bartles, Lois Beatty and Ria Blaas are on view.

Tunbridge Public Library. “National Park Landscapes: Celebrating National Park Service Centennial 2016,” an exhibition of landscape paintings by Royalton artist Joan Hoffmann, continues through May 12.

Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction. Vermont printmaker Lynn Newcomb exhibits her prints through April 30.

Norman Williams Library, Woodstock. “Vermont Is On Our Minds,” an exhibition of work by artists from Zack’s Place, continues through May 14.

White River Gallery at BALE, South Royalton. The oil paintings of Charlotte, Vt., artist James Vogler are on view through June.

Zollikofer Gallery, Hotel Coolidge, White River Junction. A show of works by students from the Center for Cartoon Studies runs through May 11.

Nicola Smith can be reached at nsmith@vnews.com.